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var days = new Array();
var msgs = new Array();

days[0] = "December 20, 1999";
msgs[0] = "Thanks for stopping by on my birthday!";

days[1] = "December 21, 1999";
msgs[1] = "Not Christmas yet, it's only the 21st.";

days[2] = "December 22, 1999";
msgs[2] = "Another day closer, almost there!";

days[3] = "December 23, 1999";
msgs[3] = "Wow, tomorrow is Christmas Eve!";

days[4] = "December 24, 1999";
msgs[4] = "It's Christmas Eve, thanks for visiting!";

days[5] = "December 25, 1999";
msgs[5] = "Welcome to this page on Christmas Day!";

var months = new Array("", 
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
);

var today = new Date(); // today
var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("Today is " + days[i] + ".  " + msgs[i]); // returns day message
   }
return("Today is " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "."); // returns default
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)		
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End -->
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Displays your message on the appropriate day you indicate.  For example, you can have it print messages on holidays, birthdays, or other dates that are important to you and your site's visitors!  Cool!
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<p>Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Apple-s).  The script is yours!!!
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&lt;!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL DATE MESSAGE:

  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;HEAD&gt;

&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"&gt;

&lt;! &gt;
&lt;! &gt;

&lt;!-- Begin
var days = new Array();
var msgs = new Array();

days[0] = "December 20, 1999";
msgs[0] = "Thanks for stopping by on my birthday!";

days[1] = "December 21, 1999";
msgs[1] = "Not Christmas yet, it's only the 21st.";

days[2] = "December 22, 1999";
msgs[2] = "Another day closer, almost there!";

days[3] = "December 23, 1999";
msgs[3] = "Wow, tomorrow is Christmas Eve!";

days[4] = "December 24, 1999";
msgs[4] = "It's Christmas Eve, thanks for visiting!";

days[5] = "December 25, 1999";
msgs[5] = "Welcome to this page on Christmas Day!";

var months = new Array("", 
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
);

var today = new Date(); // today
var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i &lt; days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("Today is " + days[i] + ".  " + msgs[i]); // returns day message
   }
return("Today is " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "."); // returns default
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)		
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End --&gt;
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/HEAD&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

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&lt;center&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
document.write(dateMsg());
&lt;/script&gt;
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